Chemical Risk Analysis: A Practical Handbook (Kogan Page Science Paper Edition) (Kogan Page Science Paper Edition)

This handbook includes the principal methodological tools and data required to comprehend, evaluate and execute analysis of chemical risk in practical working situations. The dangerous property tables providing data on more than 1900 products, organic and inorganic, will be extremely useful to all readers working in the chemical and process industries and for those with occupational safety and health responsibilities. These tables are supplemented through the text by numerous figures and other tables, helping make this publication both comprehensive and accessible. · Now in an updated paperback edition · Numerous tables containing information on more than 1900 chemicals, organic and inorganic · Updating supplement by leading industry specialist on latest EC regulations regarding hazardous chemicals This handbook includes the principal methodological tools and data required to comprehend, evaluate and execute analysis of chemical risk in practical working situations.A unique feature of the book is the extensive lists of descriptions of dangerous reactions and the numerous dangerous property tables, providing data on more than 1,900 chemicals, organic and inorganic. In addition there is substantial theoretical treatment.The case studies (some based on work conducted in the author's own laboratory) are designed to test the various hazard criteria in current use. Full assessments of the results are presented and these compared with the results of other procedures. This provides valuable material for those engaged in research on the subject, as well as the specialist practitioner, who, the author is able to show, cannot always take the results of conventional wisdom and mandatory regulation for granted in ensuring safety.This paperback edition, which includes an updated foreword by consultant editor Keith Cassidy, is intended for safety specialists in industry, process and safety specialists, those involved in the development and use of analytical procedures in industry and the universities, and lecturers and trainers in chemical hazard and risk analysis. "This handbook includes the principal methodological tools and data required to comprehend, evaluate and execute analysis of chemical risk in practical working situations." "A unique feature of the book is the extensive lists of descriptions of dangerous reactions and the numerous dangerous property tables, providing data on more than 1,900 chemicals, organic and inorganic. In addition there is substantial theoretical treatment." "This paperback edition, which includes an updated foreword by consultant editor Keith Cassidy, is intended for safety specialists in industry, process and safety specialists, those involved in the development and use of analytical procedures in industry and the universities, and lecturers and trainers in chemical hazard and risk analysis."--BOOK JACKET This handbook includes the principal methodological tools and data required to comprehend, evaluate and execute analysis of chemical risk in practical working situations. The dangerous property tables providing data on more than 1900 products, organic and inorganic, will be extremely useful to all readers working in the chemical and process industries and for those with occupational safety and health responsibilities. These tables are supplemented through the text by numerous figures and other tables, helping make this publication both comprehensive and accessible. It is now in an updated paperback edition. It is an updated supplement by leading industry specialist on latest EC regulations regarding hazardous chemicals The chemical industry and its products have long played a core role in meeting the basic needs of an advancing civilization, developing and producing products and services that have become part of every area of everyday life.